On 9/2/08, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregory Stark wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Marko Kreen wrote: > > > > In the meantime, here is simple patch for case-insensivity. > > > > > > > You might be able to talk me into accepting various unambiguous, common > > > alternative spellings of various units. But for instance allowing MB > and Mb to > > > mean the same thing is insane. > > > > > > > Because you think some user will be trying to specify their shared_buffers > in > > bits? > > > > My concern is that this information does not stay in the configuration > files. It will invariably leak out into whitepapers, presentations, product > documentation, and before long there will be confusion about why you can't > stuff N Mb over an N Mb connection. I am not making this up.
Uh. So you want force "proper" units in presentations at the price of everyday admin operations? Does not seem like a sensible tradeoff. -- marko -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
